“This is a machine and anything can go wrong with it.”

— Prakash Javadekar

Responding to allegations that an inferior rath was given to Rajnath Singh for his rath-yatra, as quoted in " Rajnath Singh will get new rath: BJP http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/apr/08yatra6.htm", Rediff (8 April 2006)

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Indian politician 1951

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